Restoration of a former '65 firetruck (21F)

[mdege]

Yes, I checked that before I bought the pump. The stock OEM Muffler has the preheat tube on the right side, so does the NOS Leistritz which I still have as a replacement. Once I have used them up, I need to make sure to get the right type. I would probably got with some kind of stainless steel replacement.
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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[srfndoc]

Thats a great option vs. a full flow setup as no hoses to deal with. Just have to be sure your exhaust will clear.
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[mdege]

Today the weather was good for the first time in awhile. The van was due for an oil change. And I had planned to replace the oil pump with one with a filter.

Unfortunately the studs were a bit short, I ended up screwing them out a couple of mm. I think I might replace them the next time I do an oil change.

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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[mdege]

[mdege]

[TRS63]

Great update, happy to see you enjoyed the bus this year!

Bests

Antoine
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[notchboy]

Always nice work Michael
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[mdege]

All of the measurements are in these drawings:
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/manuals/local_manufacture/tools-600-649.pdf

The toolnumber is 609

I was not able to bent the tubes, that's why I chose to cut and weld.

The clamp I used is a standard industry part I bought used from eBay.
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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[chrisflstf]

Clever idea for the trans adaptor. Is the angle for the axle tube supports based on how the axle tubes sit installed in the bus?

Or what is the angle relative to horizontal?

Thanks!

[mdege]

Yes, I do. In fact I posted them on the first page of this thread.

This was one of the tools I built in preparation for this build. I used the drawing from the Special Service Tools - Local Manufacture of Tools section on TheSamba. https://www.thesamba.com/vw/archives/info/local_manufacture.php

I took the freedom to adapt the design to my technical capabilities and made it fit to my floor jack.

You can see the other tools I made on page one of this build thread.
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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[chrisflstf]

Do you have any other pics of the jack adapter that hokds the axle tubes up?

[mdege]

I have an update on this thread.

I had to reseal the transmission and replace the fuel sender. The new Brazilian VDO sender is crap and the needle of the instrument was showing only intermittently what the fuel level was.

I upgraded to this nice and shiny Kienzle-VDO unit which is meant for use in boats. It has the same mounting and a slightly different ohm range (90 - 4 ohms) and the original had something like (75 - 4 ohms). I am using a 430ohm resistor in parallel to make up for the difference.

The new sender can be found here: https://vdo-webshop.nl/nl/54mm-brandstof-buis-sens...26321.html

Pulling the tranny and resealing it:

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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[mdege]

Hi Nick,

I think I figured most of it out, but I couldn't try it out because I had converted my bus to 12V and the black box and the horns are 6V.

I am working on restoring a 63 Type3 that will keep the 6V. Once I get a battery for that I can test the system.

But, I can see if I can find my notes and then post them here.
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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[KOMBI NIKO]

Just when though all the pics, amazing resto mate, did you ever get the diagram for the sirens and lights? I have the big black box for my ambulance but have no idea how to wire them up.
Nick.
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[notchboy]

Great trip and pictures! Thanks for sharing!!
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[srfndoc]

Great pictures, thanks for posting.
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[mdege]

This years travels took me and my bus to Sweden and France

I spent my summer vacation n Sweden with some VW friends and met a bunch of Swedish VW enthusiasts.

I drove up through northern Germany, Denmark and the by Ferry to Sweden.

A fire engine museum

Drove hundreds of mile on dirt roads

Beautiful camp spots

Met other VW

Early October I drove all the way to Lapalisse in France for this years edition of the recreation of the historic traffic jam. Up until the highway was built in the mid 60ies a gigantic traffic jam would build up when the Parisians took off on vacation towards the Mediterranean. This traffic jam is recreate every two years with historic vehicles. Lots of people get all dressed up in period clothing and drive around town with anything that moves.

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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[andybla]

Yes! Let’s grab a drink then

[mdege]

Thank you Andy.

I hope to see your 66 Square someday, maybe in Spa?
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- Michael

1965 21F: Restoration of a former '65 firetruck
1963 Typ3 Notchback project
1988 Multivan Magnum 112i
1984 Standard: My son wanted a bug for his first car

[andybla]

Hi Michael,

Just found this topic and read through it, very nice work you have don creating your own tools and saving the bus! Very nice to see you also using brantho